California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

A view of Arch Rock in Santa Monica, showing a group of men posing along the rocks nearby, ca.1880

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A view of Arch Rock in Santa Monica, showing a group of men posing along the rocks nearby, ca.1880

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Photograph of a view of Arch Rock in Santa Monica, showing a group of men posing along the rocks nearby, ca.1880. The men can be seen in the center and left foreground area while either standing or sitting on rocks. In the center background, the natural rock formation can be observed while the shore is visible in the right. In the background, a ridge extends out across the horizon.; An inserted paper label, which is numbered "4- 1731", reads: "Historical Santa Monica- Showing Arch Rock, which once was where the Roosevelt Hwy. is now. Date of photo about 1880. Copied July 18, 1937."

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Title A view of Arch Rock in Santa Monica, showing a group of men posing along the rocks nearby, ca.1880

Subject Beaches (lcsh), Men (lcsh), natural rock formations (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (counties), natural rock formations: Arch Rock (geographic subject), Pacific Coast Highway (roadway), Pacific Palisades (city or populated place), Santa Monica (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1880

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection)

Date Created 1880

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189

Rights Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Copyright Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m23457

Identifier 48212 (accession number), CHS-48212 (call number), CHS-48212 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-23387 (legacy record id), chs-m23457 (legacy record id), USC (project), AGRI-98 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 23387

Unique identifier UC127144

Legacy Identifier CHS-48212.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 24.9 in × 16.3 in at 300dpi
63.3 cm × 41.5 cm at 300dpi

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Title California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Description The California Historical Society Collection is incomparable for the documentary picture it provides of the growth of Southern California, particularly the development of the Los Angeles region, between 1860 and 1960. The collection contains more than 25,000 photographs. The full archive was placed on long-term deposit at USC in 1990 and includes the Title Insurance and Trust Company Collection, also known as TICOR, and the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection.

We are grateful to the following individuals who have improved the information in the Digital Library by bringing inaccuracies to our attention as well as adding information. C.J. Bell, Paul Boyle, James Cartwright, Phil Coscia, Bill Counter, Richard Davis, Ray DeLea, Mark French, Amanda Frye, Eric Gustafson, James King, Bill Morgan, Heather Pitts, Tim Poyorena-Miguel, Jo Anne Sadler, Ellen Lloyd Trover, Ruth Wallach, Kim Walters, Cynthia Wilson, Betsy Woodford, Chancy Woolridge, and many others.

Date Created 1860/1960

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